Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] [pers pn] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We did not bring them here to sit in the stand , ’ Roxburgh said , although he would not commit himself as to whether either was considered a starter against the French . |
| 2 | In the meanwhile , we did not feel it right to make aspects of knowledge about language in the programmes of study ( which will be legally obligatory for every pupil working at levels 5 to 10 ) too extensive or demanding . |
| 3 | It did not take me long to realize that this was the man I had needed so badly . ’ |
| 4 | It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church . |
| 5 | It did not take her long to work out that the meal was going to cost her considerably more than she 'd saved by spending a rather miserable night in rue Roland . |
| 6 | Apparently it did not take her long to provide services for both husband and wife . |
| 7 | As a free man in a growing country , it did not take him long to see the potential . |
| 8 | But it did not take him long to sort out what was wrong with it . |
| 9 | It did not take them long to inform us that we had arrived with their traditional enemies , the Bugis . |
| 10 | It did not take them long to make their minds up : mobility , Jessica said , was the nicest thing she knew about being well-off . |
| 11 | ‘ I did not call you here to discuss the offices . ’ |
| 12 | It did not suit her now to observe the emotional turmoil inside Rose . |
| 13 | I do not think it right to ban all these services . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't bring you here to talk about my relationship with Marianne , ’ he cut in brusquely . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't bring you here to open up all the old wounds again , ’ he growled at last . |
| 16 | I did n't bring you here to upset you . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've got this irksome fetish for using the natural colours surrounding a place to decorate the interior — but I did n't bring you here to discuss my schizophrenic choice of living surroundings , Virginia . |
| 18 | And I did n't tell you now to make , probably that . |
| 19 | His parents did n't send him here to have the teachers live his life for him . ’ |
| 20 | Knowing that Adam always liked to keep his options open , Miranda was forced to the lonely conclusion that he did n't love her enough to commit himself to her for life . |
| 21 | Yes , eventually I did put it down to your job , worried about Steve being so long away and anxious to tie up the contract , but there was a worse fear — that you just did n't love me enough to want to stay with me . ’ |
| 22 | I even tried laying trails of cheese that led to my feet , which she scoffed up , but she did n't trust me enough to take the cheese from my hand . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sure you did n't ring me just to tell me that , ’ she replied , in no mood for light-hearted flirtation , try to pin on a brave face though she might . |
| 24 | You did n't ask me here to talk about your summer holidays . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But you did n't ask me here to comment on a perfectly straightforward signal . |
| 26 | Perhaps I ought to say first that I did n't ask you here to criticize my daughter-in-law for infidelity . |
| 27 | It did n't take her long to realise that he could n't really be spending much time here . |
| 28 | It did n't take her long to regret taking part . |
| 29 | It did n't take her long to decide she had precisely two choices — well , one , really , because even though it was n't cold it would look wrong to go out in thin cotton to the sort of party he was talking about . |
| 30 | It did n't take her long to dress , freshen her make-up and add touches of silver jewellery on ears , neck and wrists , and it was quite a bit less than Tom 's stipulated twenty minutes later when she approached the veranda again . |